tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post8713363980365775984..comments2023-11-29T13:13:23.022+00:00Comments on newgate news: The Reel of the 51st DivisionMacheathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-1010577316174578922010-06-14T16:57:06.464+01:002010-06-14T16:57:06.464+01:00I would love to be in touch with you Clarinda as I...I would love to be in touch with you Clarinda as I am helping someone who was (when captured at St Valery) the youngest officer POW in captivity to write his memoirs. We have quite a bit of information on the creation of the Reel of the 51st both coming from original sources in the prisons and on the home front. My email is kate.oldfield@btinternet.com<br />thank youtallkateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170248266626887955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-40164938104313558462010-06-08T12:10:48.075+01:002010-06-08T12:10:48.075+01:00Thanks, Clarinda; there's a link here to the p...Thanks, Clarinda; there's a link <a href="http://www.ww2inthehighlands.co.uk/folders/localhistory/highland51st.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a> to the photo and associated web page.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-79545414203269793712010-06-08T11:53:56.816+01:002010-06-08T11:53:56.816+01:00Pressed 'submit' too soon - should read Ei...Pressed 'submit' too soon - should read Eichstatt POW camp.Clarindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189996558442989039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-73220649911729984372010-06-08T11:49:47.608+01:002010-06-08T11:49:47.608+01:00My father was one of the original composers of the...My father was one of the original composers of the 51st reel music before it was 'lost', rewritten and claimed by others. He taught the pipes in POW camp (Eichenstatt in particular)raising morale by leading his pipe-band of which the Scotsman ran many pictures and stories during his and his fellow POW four year incarceration following their enforced surrender at St Valery en Caux. Their pipes were obtained through the Red Cross and exceptional donations by the piping world at home in Scotland. Google image 'Oflag pipe band' for a photo of my father's pipe band - he is far left front row. I am currently collating his story for inclusion in the Fort George Museum to accompany some of his POW artifacts already there.Clarindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189996558442989039noreply@blogger.com